Woods opened up the fourth round by making par on the first hole. He then birdied hole No. 2, parred hole No. 3, birdied hole No. 4 and parred hole No. 5 before scoring a bogey on the sixth. Following the bogey, he went on to birdie hole No. 7 before parring his next four holes.

Woods birdied the 12th and parred the 13th before finding water on the 14th. He scored an ugly double bogey on that hole, allowing Jeff Maggert to join him at the top of the leaderboard.

Nemesis Sergio Garcia also joined Woods at the top after the 14th hole, setting up a contentious final stretch.

But after a par on hole No. 15, Woods distanced himself with a birdie on the 16th. Woods nailed a two-foot putt to par hole No. 17, but Garcia found the water...on consecutive strokes. Woods had the lead heading into the 18th, with 25-year-old David Lingmerth one stroke back.

Woods' driving accuracy (ranked 19th in the field), driving distance (22nd), greens-in-regulation percentage (fourth) and sand-save percentage (tied for first) were solid (h/t CBS Sports). He did, however, have trouble with his putting game at times.

He ranked 35th in putts per round at the Players Championship, which is odd considering he ranked first on tour in strokes gained coming into the tournament (via PGATour.com).

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Throughout the season, Woods has been solid in several key areas, including putting, driving distance (ranked 24th on tour) and sand-save percentage (20th).

He hasn't been so hot in greens-in-regulation percentage and driving accuracy, though. Then again, Woods has gotten by throughout his career without needing to have particularly stellar driving accuracy. That area has generally been a weakness during his career.